Fox News jumps the shark

[marmar]

Fox host offers bizarre response to network’s video debunking Trump
“Who’s telling the truth?”: Fox plays proof Trump lied and then asks viewers to decide

By Sophia Tesfaye
Senior Writer
Published August 27, 2025 9:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) It was a relatively brief segment, but Fox News made a significant break with reality this week. The cable news giant seemingly revived its retired “We report, you decide” slogan during a bizarre episode that featured video evidence debunking one of Donald Trump’s lies while suggesting to its viewers that the footage, in fact, backed up the president’s claim.

On Sunday, Trump took to Truth Social to spread his campaign of retribution against blue states. He threatened to revoke federal funding for rebuilding Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge and slammed Maryland’s Democratic Gov. Wes Moore for allegedly asking in a “nasty and provocative tone that I walk the streets of Maryland with him.”

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The easily trolled Trump took the bait. During an Oval Office press availability on Monday, the president claimed that Baltimore, which is experiencing its lowest homicide rate in 50 years, is a “horrible death bed.” He then went on to recount when he and Moore met privately at the Army-Navy football game in Landover, Md., in Dec. 2024.

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Hours later, Fox News decided to weigh in. “Who’s telling the truth?” host Will Cain asked, before proceeding with apparent sarcasm. “If only we had the footage that President Trump had referenced about them meeting at the Army-Navy game. Thanks to ‘The Art of the Surge’ on Fox Nation, we have the footage.”

Cain then aired video from the game taken by a crew filming a Trump documentary series for the network’s streaming service. While the footage did show Moore cordially shaking Trump’s hand before the two briefly discussed efforts to rebuild the Key bridge, there is never a hug or any praise remotely resembling what Trump claimed. ................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/08/27/fox-host-offers-bizarre-response-to-networks-video-debunking-trump/

[marble falls]

1. Spin is everything.

[3catwoman3]

2. More like, "We Spew Propaganda...

You Dimwits Slurp It Up And Beg For More."

[Wednesdays]

3. Fox News jumped the shark around, oh, 1997.

When Fox & Friends debuted around that time, I actually watched the first few weeks. It was actually kind of good. They had middle-of-the-road hosts and a puppet that I found amusing. But around 3 weeks in, they canned the entire crew, including the puppet, and went full right-wing. I never bothered to tune in ever since.

On edit: the show at that time was called "Fox X-Press," which debuted in 1996, and was the forerunner to Fox & Friends. It's difficult to find details about Fox X-Press.

[awesomerwb1]

4. You're 28-30 years late if you think they just jumped the shark

Fox news is a propaganda channel, and it has been for decades.